Dobrica Ćosić
Dobrica Ćosić [ ˈdɔbritsa ˈtɕɔsitɕ ] ( Serbian Cyrillic . Добрица Ћосић; born December 29, 1921 in Velika Drenova , Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes ; † May 18, 2014 in Belgrade ) was a Serbian writer , who was President of the 1992/1993 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was.
Life
In 1968, during the reign of Tito , Ćosić publicly expressed the opinion for the first time that the Serbs living in Kosovo in particular were being oppressed by other peoples of the then "multi-ethnic state" of Yugoslavia, namely the Albanians , and should play a more important role. This attitude was not tolerated by the Union of Communists of Yugoslavia , Ćosić lost all party offices and was expelled from the party for chauvinism .
In the following years Ćosić wrote a large number of novels and short stories. He gained a certain popularity in Serbia through his well-known quote that the Serbs are “winners in war and losers in peace” . After Tito's death, Ćosić appeared as an advocate of a “Yugoslav policy” and wanted to prevent Albanians from founding their own state in Kosovo. In January 1985 , 216 Serbian intellectuals under his leadership signed a petition declaring the Kosovar Serbs victims of genocide . Although he denied participating in the Sanu memorandum , which was published in excerpts on September 24, 1986 in the newspaper Večernje Novosti , but defended it as " anti-Titoist " and "pro-Yugoslavian". With the second term, he began a reinterpretation of the term "Yugoslavia", which was quickly adopted by the Serbian population and which later caused confusion in foreign policy.
After the collapse of the SFR Yugoslavia , Ćosić was elected President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia formed by Serbia and Montenegro . He held this office for about a year, from June 15, 1992 to June 1, 1993. He was succeeded by Zoran Lilić .
Since the end of the Yugoslav Wars, Ćosić's popularity has dropped significantly.
Works
Novels
- The sun is far away (Daleko je sunce), 1951
- The stove will go out (Koreni), 1954
Web links
- Literature by and about Dobrica Ćosić in the catalog of the German National Library
- William Yardley: Dobrica Cosic, First Friend Then Foe of Serbia's Milosevic, Dies at 92. Obituary in The New York Times, May 21, 2014
Individual evidence
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ćosić, Dobrica |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ћосић, Добрица (Cyrillic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Serbian writer; President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–1993) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Velika Drenova |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 2014 |
| Place of death | Belgrade |